Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal ... The Portuguese controlled this route. But Magellan wondered if it was possible to reach the Spice Islands by going west around the newly discovered ...

En route, one ship became disabled and ... While in the service of Spain, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe.

AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was ... the Philippines for the West. The Magellan voyage's aim was to find a shorter route to the Moluccas, the source of spices ...

Until the construction of the Panama Canal, it was one of the few navigable sea routes joining the two ... named after the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, who became the first European ...

Le voyage de l'explorateur portugais, Ferdinand Magellan, qui a dirigé l'expédition espagnole et a été l'un des premiers Européens à se rendre en Asie. Il a atteint l'archipel connu aujourd ...